Sentences with phrase «national electorate»
The phrase "national electorate" refers to all the individuals in a country who are eligible to vote in national elections. It includes citizens who can exercise their voting rights to elect their government representatives at the national level. Full definition
Caramani, D (2004), The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe.
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But, apart from giving the entire constituency electorate the final say between each party's two shortlisted potential PPCs (and the entire national electorate the final say between each party's two shortlisted candidates for Leader), I would stop there.
In a national electorate where 37 percent of voters were older than sixty, NOM's success in North Carolina and elsewhere, despite the press releases that I assume were dutifully composed, does not foreshadow anti-same-sex marriage backlash.
But it was also Cruz's chance to make one last impression on the national electorate.
While seats will be up for grabs throughout the country, observers have placed most of their focus on the Senate race in Buenos Aires province, a predominantly working class region of Argentina that holds nearly 40 percent of the national electorate.
What all this suggests is that there are around 13 % of the national electorate who could be persuaded to vote for Ukip.
Ireland's referendum is the only one in the world where a national electorate is being asked to legalise gay marriage.
Despite a major setback for organized labor in the Wisconsin recall election on June 5, union households still make up about 25 percent of the national electorate and could be a decisive factor in states with large numbers of union members.
Politics Young voters (age 18 - 29) made up 13 percent of the national electorate in the midterm elections this year.